Thursday, October 30, 2014

5 Spooky Places to get you in the Halloween Spirit

Halloween is one day away, and for today's post I wanted to share 5 Spooky Settings to get you in the Halloween Spirit. Today's Halloween customs are thought to have been influenced by folk customs and beliefs from the Celtic-speaking countries, some of which have pagan roots.

Halloween is a celebration and remembrance of the dead, including saints, martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers. Halloween is commonly reduced to scare and fear, when indeed it is so much more then scary masks and trick or treating.

There is something about the mood around Halloween, that makes me want to pack my things and venture out into uncharted territory, celebrate the fact that I am alive, and maybe, just for a moment, let the darkness come close. And in that sense, here are some locations that will surely, get you into the spirit of the season.

44 comments:

these look exactly like the places in spooky movies that the idiot females wander around all alone when they KNOW there is a killer out there... i really really really like that 4th photo of the woods and rail fence. beautiful

Nice pictures Mersad! I would'n dare walking alone in those woods.here in Belgium many houses are decorated with pumpkins. some children are ringing at doors to get some sweets, and sometimes they get also a little money. But celebrating Halloween is not that commun as in the USA.

I would actually like to return to those woods. They were quite moody and I wish I had taken more images. But I was on a hike that day, and we didn't have much time to stop, since the woods were on the side of the trail.

oh i love "trapped"! since halloween falls on a friday this year and our high school football team has a home game, we'll all be going to the game. kids in the older age group are passing on the trick or treating to go to the game instead, dressed up of course! braden and dalton want to go as creepy clowns so i've been looking at lots of different makeup techniques!

Naples, Florida, is a city with many retired citizens and fewer children than typical cities. So, regrettably, Halloween is really not celebrated very much. It is one of the things I miss from Hartford, where Halloween is a lot of fun.

Definitely spooky scenes, Mersad. We don't celebrate Halloween the way the Americans do, if at all. Certainly where I live nothing goes on except a few fireworks. I have noticed one of our shops selling Halloween outfits for children but I have no idea if their sales are good.